First off, I want everybody reading to be aware that this "EQ Blog" is simply the daily ramblings of a former auto-mechanic, who went on to join the Carpenters Union and worked in Los Angeles where I was in a lot of earthquakes. Beyond my apprenticeship with the carpenters and a degree in acting and S.A.G. Card. . . I am not formally educated in fields such as Geology, Seismology, Meteorology, and etc. Disclaimer: You are reading a blog that I write in spare time while not working as actor in TV and Motion Pictures among other occupations I do. I do not represent any of the scientific organizations of which I frequently write about, nor am I member of any of the fraternities associated with those fields. While I have a lot of friends who are educated in those fields and are members of those organizations, I remain a member only of SAG-AFTRA and consider myself through a lot of studies, to be "Amateur Seismologist" at best. Basically just writing out my daily opinions here on how the world of Plate Tectonics is or might be working.
As to why they keep changing, and changing, and changing the apparent magnitude of this Major Aftershock at Chile. . . I can only guess what that's all about. I'm thinking a person somewhere might be tasked with the job of calculating, and re-calculating all of the pertinent information into an ever more accurate and hopefully at some point, exact magnitude and in so doing feels it necessary to CHANGE the numbers in the headline so that it is changing kind of often. In the course of such a huge emergency sort of thing it can be a problem trying to figure out if we are talking about the same earthquake or a new or possibly even a different one and at one point an error was made somewhere along the way, but owing to not always knowing if it was still one, two, or three different earthquakes. . . it takes a lot more time to go back through and double-check the "Time Stamp" to figure out if it was the same earthquake or a different one all together. Up to this point as I am writing I can NOW tell you so far it has simply been numbers being changed around, however, in the event someone actually needed to know or potentially calculate the inherent danger, it could have actually been somewhat hazardous getting constantly changing magnitudes. Of course at some point, I suppose you might also say that UPDATED numbers may also be of some help to others. In reality OCCASIONALLY there actually ARE 3 earthquakes of 7 Magnitude and somebody might need to know exactly WHERE all of the 3 different epicenters were. . . for obvious reasons.
As I am writing this the news seems to be saying there have not been any injuries reported, but the latest magnitude was 7.6 still being just 10 miles from Iquique, I don't see how it could not be a disaster but that is just my own personal calculation based in part on the fact that a search revealed that the Sichuan, China earthquake was also a 7.8 and it seems to me the damage was far more distant from the epicenter than 10 miles. (Again they changed the magnitude so that throws at least ME off, there, too)
It occurred to me that there may NOT have been an actual earthquake that coincided with the plane crash in the Indian Ocean!!! However thinking about it there WILL still be a "Hiccup" on all of the seismographs in that region coinciding with the crash. These hiccups would need to be located by time reference after the last contact or radar reading of the plane AND once found could easily locate almost the EXACT LOCATION of the missing airplane!!! A check would probably reveal there are even one or two seismometers out there in the immediate area where they are searching and it is possible they might also search seismograph readings. Where seismometer is the device that picks up readings, and seismograph is the device that shows those readings such as the drum with the pencil marking the readings. Then the hiccup can be located on all the other seismographs in the region and one can triangulate almost the exact location!!! They would then need to agree on it. . . better than they seem to be agreeing on the magnitude of Wednesday nights aftershock!!!
Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley could be next in line for huge shaker, too!!! Also continue to watch New Zealand and Mozambique!!! Exact towns in Mozambique are Nambunga, Masasi, Kitangari, and Nachingwea. This line also travels up into Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, Congo, Algeria, and Morocco and then up towards Azores and Iceland. . . . . but it also crosses directly across New York, Chicago, and like Tijuana, Mexico along the way. Therein is most likely a place where a Major Earthquake will be striking. Thank-You for Reading!!! EQ Guy
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